Best 10 albums of 2017 so far............

MagicPigDetective

Over halfway through the year, thought it would be interesting to hear yours. My ten favourite so far, in no particular order:

1. Slowdive – Slowdive

2. Ride – Weather Diaries

3. Mark Lanegan – Gargoyle

4. Mastodon – Empire of Sand

5. Chris Stapleton – From a Room

6. Grandaddy – Last Place

7. Tinariwen – Elwan

8. Julia Jacklin – Don't let the kids win (cheating here as it was released in 2016)

9. Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley

10. To be filled……………it would be Sleaford Mods if I had got round to it.

ICBM

To my surprise I've only got five new-release albums this year, although I've bought a lot of albums. And even one of those is a bit of a cheat.

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Remastered Deluxe Edition
2. Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?
3. Harry Styles - self-titled
4. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human
5. Now That's What I Call Music! 96

Must try harder...

BloodEagle

In no order..

Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Code Orange - Forever
Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy
Mastodon - Empire of Sand
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
Body Count - Bloodlust
Zeal & Ardour - Devil is Fine
Obituary
Wear Your Wounds
TAD - 8 Way Santa Reissue

Philly_Q

BloodEagle said:

Mastodon - Empire of Sand
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World

I think they may well be the only 2017 releases I've bought... so they're my top 2, but not in that order.

I see Siena Root have a new album which I'll probably get soon.

RocknRollDave

Ten?!?! 

Rocker

Where do you get the time to actually listen to that many albums?

Dopesick

Mutoid Man - War Moans
The Ruins Of Beverast - Exuvia
Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstacy
Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
Fen - Winter
Ohhms - The Fool
Hark - Machinations

Ummm...wow, I haven't really listened to many new albums this year. I swear I'm forgetting a few more.

BloodEagle

I work at home and have music on all the time, also instead of watching tv in the evening I listen to an album or two 

ewal

For me it's been a quality over quantity type year (so can't list 10)

Hey Collosus - The Guillotine

Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions

The New Year - Snow

Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Conciousness

Surprise I couldn't think of any more

Moss

1. Idles - Brutalism
2. Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
3. Planning For Burial - Below The House
4. Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone
5. Gnod - Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine (seriously!)
6. Slowdive - Slowdive
7. Lucy Rose - Something's Changing
8. Phoenix - Ti Amo
9. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
10. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The Universe

Moss

Rocker said:

Where do you get the time to actually listen to that many albums?

It's rare that I'm not listening to music

My last.fm scrobbles have been over 100 for the last few days

DarnWeight

Wire - Silver/Lead
Mark Eitzel - Hey Mr Ferryman
Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
Jason Loewenstein - Spooky Action
Part Chimp - IV
Pile - A Hairshirt Of Purpose
Forest Swords - Compassion
The New Year - Snow

(Still need to find time to give the new Sun Kil Moon and Robyn Hitchcock a listen)

Placidcasual79

I permit my self to buy two albums a month - I try to buy one new and one old. Here are my ten favourites in no order - 

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (the last track 'in twenty years or so' is the perfect love song)
Coldcut & on u sound system - outside the echo chamber (production giants collaborate) 
The Heliocentrics -World of Masks (weird and funky psych Jazz)
Pond - The Weather 
The Brian Jones Town Massacre - Don't get lost
Thievery Corporation - Temple of I & I
Foxygen - Hang
Vulpeck - the beautiful game (German funk ya?)
Jaguar Ma - Every now and then (hello 90's indie dance)
Moon Duo - Occult architecture vol 1 (psych garage - great guitar solos - must get prt 2) 

MrSwanson

Moss said:

Rocker said:

Where do you get the time to actually listen to that many albums?

It's rare that I'm not listening to music

My last.fm scrobbles have been over 100 for the last few days

I could easily listen to at least 2/3 a day purely through commuting, easily done

Philly_Q

Philly_Q said:

BloodEagle said:

Mastodon - Empire of Sand
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World

I think they may well be the only 2017 releases I've bought... so they're my top 2, but not in that order.

I see Siena Root have a new album which I'll probably get soon.

Oh, I forgot one I have bought:

Royal Thunder - Wick

Although, like their previous album, it's a bit of a disappointment - they've gone too mellow.

ewal

DarnWeight said:

Wire - Silver/Lead
Mark Eitzel - Hey Mr Ferryman
Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
Jason Loewenstein - Spooky Action
Part Chimp - IV
Pile - A Hairshirt Of Purpose
Forest Swords - Compassion
The New Year - Snow

(Still need to find time to give the new Sun Kil Moon and Robyn Hitchcock a listen)

Good to see The New Year appear on someone else's list

Octahedron

In no particular order, I have been loving...

1) THUNDER "Rip It Up"
2) BLACK STAR RIDERS "Heavy Fire" 
3) SNAKECHARMER "Second Skin" 
4) CRAZY LIXX "Ruff Justice"
5) ROYAL BLOOD "How did we get so dark?" 
6) BITERS "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be"
7) CHEAP TRICK "
8) NIGHT RANGER "Don't Let Up"
9) STEEL PANTHER "Lower The Bar" 
10) INGLORIOUS "II"

Honorable mentions...
Gov't Mule, Gotthard, Art of Anarchy, Strangers, KXM and Big Wreck. 

Grunfeld

1) Ride -- "Weather Diaries"
2)  Slowdive -- "Slowdive"
3)  Future Islands -- "The Far Field"
9)  Perfume Genius -- "No Shape"

Sporky

Rocker said:

Where do you get the time to actually listen to that many albums?

Assuming 8 hours of sleep a day there have been about 3,000 hours of being awake so far this year.

An album is typically what, 45 minutes long?

So listening to ten albums would have taken up only 0.25% of your waking time so far this year.

I reckon I've probably listened to thirty or forty new albums this year - or at least that's how many I've made it all the way through. I work from home twice a week on average and Spotify serves up at least 20 new tracks each of those days, of which two or three are interesting enough that I'll listen to the album they come from.

MagicPigDetective

I make time to listen to music as it is an addiction; on headphones at work and when gardening/diy. Also blasted in the car when driving around during work. I also often have headphones on in bed when falling asleep (is it just me who does this??) A lot of unknowns for me suggested above, I shall investigate. First listen to The New Year, I like a lot.

Rocker

Instead of asking "Where do you get the time to actually listen to that many albums?", my question should have been 'Where do you go to learn about recent or good new albums?' I don't listen to music while on the move. Don't use Spotify. And there are no local music shops not forgetting that the pop radio stations are voiced/targeted for young people, thus irritating for me to listen to. Also Ed Sheerin doesn't count as music, new or otherwise....